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In Nine Volumes, With General Ulysses S. Grant's Bookplates in Each

[Walter Scott] John Gibson Lockhart.Memoirs of the
Life of Sir Walter Scott. Boston: Ticknor and
Fields, 1861. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition, thus ("A New Edition"). Nine small octavo volumes.
Engraved title pages.

Half-bound in gilt-stamped calf and marbled boards. Morocco labels
and raised bands. All edges and endpapers marbled. Light wear and
rubbing to edges and boards. An attractive, tight set of books.
Very good.

The front pastedown of each volume has a bookplate which reads
""Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant. Citizens of Boston, January 1, 1886."
with a seal of Bostonia printed in the center. The city of Boston
presented Ulysses S. Grant with a large collection of literary
works in appreciation for his service to the country. Grant wrote
back: "The kind expression of confidence conveyed on the note
announcing this valuable and substantial present will be preserved
by me as possessing an extrinsic value beyond that of goods which
can be bought with money." From the library of American film
actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.